Villanueva, who is on the Pacific Edge team coached by Bill Tang, had a score of 26,965 points to take the male junior division by a margin of just five points. Andy Lamb, 18, of Lexington, Mass., placed second for Team Waimea, and Aaron Splady, 17, of Berkeley placed third with 16,995 points for Zero Gravity.

Grossman, who also competes with Zero Gravity and is coached by Scot Jenerik, won the female youth-C division with 18,070 points. Saratoga’s Niamh Moore [Planet Granite] was second with 15,775 points and Portola Valley’s Kathryn Garcia [Planet Granite] was third with 15,280 points.

Two Santa Cruz County climbers captured wins in their divisions at the Sports Climbing Series stop at Pacific Edge last weekend.

Santa Cruz resident Charlotte Bansal [Pacific Edge] won the female youth-A division in what was a huge turnaround from her last Northern California local competition. In late March, Bansal placed ninth in her division at Sanctuary Rock Gym in Seaside. Saturday, the 16-year-old redeemed herself with an 8,390-point win, according to results from USA Climbing.

Watsonville resident Natalia Grossman, 10, continued to dominate in the female youth-D division, taking home her second straight victory. Grossman [Zero Gravity Climbing] earned 9,800 points with her win.

The next Northern California local Sports Climbing Series event is scheduled for Saturday at the Rocknasium in Davis.

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